2 Samuel 8:15

8:15 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. ¹ 

2 Samuel 22:31

22:31 The one true God acts in a faithful manner; ² 

the Lord’s promise is reliable; ³ 

he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

2 Samuel 6:19

6:19 He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel, ⁴  both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake, ⁵  and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 13:23

Absalom Has Amnon Put to Death

13:23 Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, ⁷  near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 15:6

15:6 Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty ⁸  of the citizens ⁹  of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.”

2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ¹⁰  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ¹¹  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ¹² 

2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ¹³  “Come on! ¹⁴  Let’s escape! ¹⁵  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ¹⁶  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ¹⁷ 

2 Samuel 19:20

19:20 For I, your servant, ¹⁸  know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

[8:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and David was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”

[22:31]  ² tn Heb “[As for] the God, his way is blameless.” The term הָאֵל (ha’el, “the God”) stands as a nominative (or genitive) absolute in apposition to the resumptive pronominal suffix on “way.” The prefixed article emphasizes his distinctiveness as the one true God (see BDB 42 s.v. II אֵל 6; Deut 33:26). God’s “way” in this context refers to his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 103:7; 138:5; 145:17).

[22:31]  ³ tn Heb “the word of the Lord is purified.” The Lord’s “word” probably refers here to his oracle(s) of victory delivered to the psalmist before the battle(s) described in the following context. See also Pss 12:5-7 and 138:2-3. David frequently received such oracles before going into battle (see 1 Sam 23:2, 4-5, 10-12; 30:8; 2 Sam 5:19). The Lord’s word of promise is absolutely reliable; it is compared to metal that has been refined in fire and cleansed of impurities. See Ps 12:6. In the ancient Near East kings would typically seek and receive oracles from their god(s) prior to battle. For examples, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 241-42.

[6:19]  ³ tn Heb “to all the people, to all the throng of Israel.”

[6:19]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word used here אֶשְׁפָּר (’espar) is found in the OT only here and in the parallel passage found in 1 Chr 16:3. Its exact meaning is uncertain, although the context indicates that it was a food of some sort (cf. KJV “a good piece of flesh”; NRSV “a portion of meat”). The translation adopted here (“date cake”) follows the lead of the Greek translations of the LXX, Aquila, and Symmachus (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[6:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all the people went, each to his house.”

[13:23]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[15:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “stole the heart.”

[15:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the men.”

[12:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “brought out.”

[12:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[12:31]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[19:20]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text has simply “your servant.”